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Couch Couched N Count Style 英[Kaʊtʃ 美[Kaʊtʃ N.长沙发椅,睡椅;(病人受检查时躺的)长榻;麦芽床;涂底,涂层;Vt.表达;使躺卧;播撒谷物使发芽;Vi.躺卧;隐蔽,埋伏;使成堆 长沙发;长榻

单词 couch
音标
英[kaʊtʃ] 美[kaʊtʃ]
解释
n.长沙发椅,睡椅;(病人受检查时躺的)长榻;麦芽床;涂底,涂层;vt.表达;使躺卧;播撒谷物使发芽;vi.躺卧;隐蔽,埋伏;使成堆;
例句

N-COUNT
长沙发;长榻
A couch is a long, comfortable seat for two or three people.

N-COUNT
(病人接受检查或治疗时的)诊察台
A couch is a narrow bed which patients lie on while they are being examined or treated by a doctor.

VERB
(以某种语言风格)表达,措词
If a statement is couched in a particular style of language, it is expressed in that style of language.
例:The new centre-right government's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms...新的中右翼政府经常以温和的语言表述其激进的目标。
例:This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
变形
third:couches~done:couched~pl:couches~ing:couching~past:couched~

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